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June 10, 2015

Title: Equal Access – Except for Christians
Topic: Christian Discrimination in America

Discussed by Joseph Infranco
with Alliance Defending Freedom (www.AllianceDefendingFreedom.org)

Does everyone deserve “equal access”?  Joseph Infranco serves as Senior Counsel and Vice President of the Alliance Coordination Team with Alliance Defending Freedom. He currently works with over 2,500 attorneys across the nation defending our freedoms. The Alliance Defending Freedom team of attorneys have provided over $180 Million of pro-bono work benefiting the body of Christ.

As with most issues, when the government becomes involved, it doesn’t really turn out the way it is intended. Joseph says, “Equal access stands for a very basic proposition of fairness. Which means, you cannot treat religious speech or religious users less favorably than the general public.” Most people, however, have a skewed opinion of separation of church and state. Listen in as Joseph Infranco explains more about “equal access”.

FACT: “Equal Access” began, initially, to protect the rights of students at public high schools or colleges who wanted to form religious clubs. They simply wanted the same rights, rules, and regulations as non-religious clubs. The Supreme Court actually made a good decision for once on this!

The issue of “equal access” become a hot topic when the city of Chicago got in hot water because they denied World Outreach, an inner-city ministry, the use of an old YMCA building. This has been a 10 year battle, which began with a mysterious rezoning mission on the part of the city. Joseph Infranco says, “Unfortunately, we see this same scenario played out all too commonly.” Listen in as he explains the Federal Law which protect churches and religious organizations: The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (LUPA).

If you have questions about “equal access”, please call Alliance Defending Freedom at 800.835.5233 or click [here].

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